# mosque

Pronunciation: say "MOSK" US /mɑsk/, UK /mɒsk/

## Noun

1. A place of worship for Muslims, often built with one or more minarets and a hall for communal prayer.
   - Simple: A building where Muslims gather to pray and worship.
   - _Architects designed the new mosque with a vast prayer hall beneath a central dome._
   - _Worshippers removed their shoes before entering the mosque for the evening prayer._

## Origin

It comes from Middle French 'mosquée' and Italian 'moschea', ultimately from the Arabic word 'masjid', which literally means 'place of prostration'. It is a doublet of 'masjid'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/mosque (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).